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L’INFO ➡ Do Kwon is the South Korean founder of stablecoin Terra USD who knew one crash unprecedented this year. If Do Kwon is today under the influence of a arrest warrant issued by the South Korean court last Wednesday, it is because he would have lost 40 billion dollars to investors, and more than 500 billion in the cryptocurrency market.
Since the bankruptcy of Terra in May, Do Kwon had given an interview to the media of Singapore but the city-state police might not find him. Do Kwon retorted that he was not on the run, without revealing his whereregardings.
I am not “on the run” or anything similar – for any government agency that has shown interest to communicate, we are in full cooperation and we don’t have anything to hide
— Do Kwon ???? (@stablekwon) September 17, 2022
THE NUMBER ➡ Digital service companies (ESN) and engineering and technology consulting (ICT) experienced record growth of 12 % in 2021. This is revealed KPMG France and Numeum (former Syntec bringing together the French professional unions of the digital industry) in the 5th edition of their annual study “Grand Angle ESN & ICT 2022”.
However, this growth rate changes according to business size: 10 % for the older ones, 14 % for ETIs, 27 % for SMEs and 69 % for TPEs. 95 % of companies are confident or very confident in their 3-year growth objectives, ie 5 points more than the previous year.
This growth is mainly driven by the development of their offers (49%) and the implementation of recovery plans recruitment (29%). The cloud remains the most buoyant service (30%), ahead of advice in digital transformation (17%) and cybersecurity (15%). In terms of recruitment, attracting and retaining talent are at the heart of their growth strategy. Recruitment targets for 2022 are up sharply compared to 2021 (+24 % for large companies, +34 % for ETIs, +45 % for SMEs and +106 % for VSEs) and 89% of companies are confident in their ability to meet their recruitment objectives within 3 years.
In total, 4.2% of payroll will be devoted to training actions in 2022 and 49% of companies rely on salary increase to retain their employees. The growth of the sector having also allowed an average increase of 5% salaries in 2021.
Similarly, ESG (environmental, social and governance) issues are becoming a key factor in attracting and retaining talent. 54% of ESNs and ICTs said they had defined a purpose (including 89% among large companies), and 90% appointed a person in charge of ESG.
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